Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Historical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
51 (2020) 165-182
Keywords:
Holocaust survivors Psychology
;
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
Abstract:
The article discusses three memoirs and highlights the difficulties of being a Kindertransportee, with the challenges which are often only briefly mentioned, when one talks about the Kindertransportees' resilient nature. It reports the memoirs address the workings of trauma, repression, and coping mechanisms, and portray fragility, hopelessness, and depression alongside the refugee's fortitude and determination.
DOI:
10.14324/111.444.JHS.2020V51.011
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